New members should be restricted to mitigate spam account behavior, such as limiting post frequency (must wait X minutes between posts/replies), blocking PMs if they haven't posted publicly, etc.
Keep #100 and #179 in mind while working on this. Might be best to do everything simultaneously (new signups go to Pending Activation, then to New Members upon activation, then to Trusted Members automatically based on certain parameters).
New members should be restricted to mitigate spam account behavior, such as limiting post frequency (must wait X minutes between posts/replies), blocking PMs if they haven't posted publicly, etc.
Keep #100 and #179 in mind while working on this. Might be best to do everything simultaneously (new signups go to Pending Activation, then to New Members upon activation, then to Trusted Members automatically based on certain parameters).